From the instructions
Ad Astra - To The Stars - is the motto of the legendary Deep Space Patrol. There is little to occupy a pilot as he doggedly coasts from station to station...
...That is, unless you count the deadly phasers of the formations of Pirate battle-cruisers and their robot Scout ships, the multidirectional scatter bombs, the gigantic mine-layers of the Capellan Anti-Terran League, the almost impenetrable curtain of lethal mines and the fragmentation bombs, not to mention, of course, the ever-present interstellar debris that litters areas of space...
Note : If it moves, shoot it. If it doesn't move, shoot it anyway! Also, take a note of the security codes...